HEAVENLY PROMISES FOR WOORDFEES
The theme for the 14th Woordfees is ‘Heavenly’, which promises inspiring results from the writers and artists performing this year. “The writers and artists are the stars in our firmament – they, along with our loyal don...
In the shadow of Irma Stern
After studying agriculture in her native London, Freida Lock switched to painting in 1932 when her family immigrated to a fruit farm in Stellenbosch. Farming was never for Freida who, throughout her painting career, maintained a B...
An artistic perspective
Marianne Podlashuc emigrated from Holland just after the Second World War and settled in Bloemfontein, where she met her husband-to-be, Alexander. The two painters became a celebrated pair who collaborated with Father Frans Claerh...
Our darling Irma
Irma Stern is a household name in South Africa, even among those who do not keep track of this country’s art history. A beautiful painting of an oriental woman entitled Bahora Girl dated 1945, sold last year at Bonhams Auction H...
The pastoral visionary
Painting in South Africa from the early part of the 20th century has been dominated by women artists. Where Irma Stern represented the flamboyant metropolitan socialite, Maggie Laubser would represent the pastoral, down-to-earth v...
Breaking traditions
Geoffrey Armstrong was born in South Africa in 1945. He studied at the Johannesburg School of Art and held one-man exhibitions in Johannesburg in the mid-60s before moving to the UK in 1969. This work, painted in 1974 is a represe...
Music of the spheres
Fascination with the lifestyle and mythology of the Kalahari Bushmen has been around since the first landing of white settlers in the Cape. In the early 1800s these gentle people, as Sir Lourens van der Post would describe them, w...
Celebrating Skotnes
Cecil Skotnes 1926 – 2009. Portrait of a Visit to a Battlefield...
Fashion week – SA’s premier fashion showcase
Sanlam SA Fashion Week 2009 was the country’s premier fashion showcase. Robyn Daly met up with fashionista and trend watcher Dion Chang...
